Cedar Ridge Preserve

Bluebonnet Trail

4.8 mi · ▲ 414 ft · 1 hr 48 min

Bluebonnet Trail is a 4.8-mile out-and-back in Cedar Ridge Preserve near Red Bird Addition, TX. It climbs 414 ft, with sections as steep as 15% grade. It scores 0/100 on the Ambleway Wildness scale: paved and peopled.

Elevation

0 mi551 – 751 ft · steepest grade: 15%6.3 mi

Getting there

Trailhead: Unnamed 32.66213, -96.95485
Nearest town Red Bird Addition, TX

Directions

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Bluebonnet Trail

4.8 mi · ▲ 414 ft · 1 hr 48 min

Elevation 550–752 ft

Out & Back · Cedar Ridge Preserve

Trailhead: 32.66213, -96.95485

Weather Sep 22: sunrise 7:17 AM · sunset 7:26 PM

Parking lot at the trailhead

  1. Start at the trailhead, heading W.
  2. 0.2 miTurn left, heading SW.
  3. 50 ftContinue straight onto Fire Road, heading SE.
  4. 150 ftTurn left, heading S.
  5. 150 ftBear left, heading S.
  6. 250 ftBear left, heading S.
  7. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  8. 100 ftTurn left, heading S.
  9. 100 ftTurn right, heading S.
  10. 150 ftTurn left, heading W.
  11. 50 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  12. 50 ftSharp left, heading SW.
  13. 50 ftTurn left, heading S.
  14. 0.1 miBear right, heading SW.
  15. 0.1 miSharp right, heading E.
  16. 450 ftTurn right, heading E.
  17. 150 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  18. 0.2 miTurn right, heading S.
  19. 450 ftBear left, heading SE.
  20. 0.5 miTurn left, heading S.
  21. 500 ftTurn left, heading NE.
  22. 350 ftBear left, heading N.
  23. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  24. 350 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  25. 50 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  26. 150 ftTurn right, heading NW.
  27. 0.3 miTurn left onto Prairie Trail, heading E.
  28. 150 ftSharp right onto Mulberry Trail, heading SE.
  29. 50 ftTurn left onto Bluebonnet Trail, heading SE.
  30. 400 ftReach Bluebonnet Trail, then turn around and head back the way you came.
  31. 400 ftTurn right onto Mulberry Trail, heading SE.
  32. 50 ftSharp left onto Prairie Trail, heading SE.
  33. 150 ftTurn right onto Park in the Woods Trail, heading SE.
  34. 0.3 miTurn left, heading SW.
  35. 150 ftTurn right, heading SW.
  36. 50 ftTurn left, heading SW.
  37. 350 ftBear left, heading W.
  38. 0.2 miBear right, heading NE.
  39. 350 ftTurn right, heading NE.
  40. 500 ftTurn right, heading E.
  41. 0.5 miBear right, heading NW.
  42. 450 ftTurn left, heading NW.
  43. 0.2 miTurn left, heading N.
  44. 100 ftTurn left, heading N.
  45. 500 ftSharp left, heading SE.
  46. 0.1 miBear left, heading S.
  47. 0.1 miTurn right, heading E.
  48. 50 ftSharp right, heading E.
  49. 50 ftTurn left, heading E.
  50. 50 ftTurn right, heading E.
  51. 200 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  52. 100 ftTurn right, heading SE.
  53. 50 ftTurn left, heading SE.
  54. 50 ftBear right, heading NW.
  55. 250 ftBear right, heading S.
  56. 150 ftTurn right, heading S.
  57. 100 ftContinue straight onto Fire Road, heading S.
  58. 50 ftTurn right, heading S.
  59. 0.1 miArrive back at the trailhead.

Each distance is the walk from the previous step. Tap a step for a map of its junction.

Trail surface

41% dirt13% paved7% gravel39% unspecified

Weather

Sunrise 7:17 AMSunset 7:26 PM

Good to know

  • Parking lot at the trailhead

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